The White Tail Mine is a zinc and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.87917, -109.98278
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White Tail Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Tail Mine
Secondary: Grant Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type: L
Description: East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets, Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): FAULT BRECCIA MADE UP OF PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. AGE AND FORMATION UNDEFINED IN LITERATURE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED E.B. ESCAPULE, C.L. JONES
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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